Griffin & Brand (European) Limited
Registered name: GRIFFIN & BRAND (EUROPEAN) LIMITED
Griffin & Brand (European) Limited made £64.6m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025.
Griffin & Brand (European) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £64.6m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £2.3m profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of fruit and vegetables” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, South East
- Age
- 59 yrs · since 1967
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £58.9m | £60.4m | £61.8m | £64.6m |
| Cost of sales | £55.8m | £57m | £57.4m | £59.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.2m | £3.4m | £4.4m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2.2m | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | £1.7m | £2.4m | £3m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £5.1m | £5m | £5.4m | £6.3m |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 149 | 140 | 146 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2% | 2.3% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Gross margin | 5.4% | 5.7% | 7.1% | 8.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £371k | £406k | £441k | £442k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £9.3k | £12.8k | £15.4k |
| Cash conversion | −27% | 64.8% | 146.9% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.5% | ▲2.2% | ▲4.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲18.5% | ▲29% | ▲25.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼6% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £771k | £1.5m | £4m | £4.4m |
| Net assets | £12.1m | £13.5m | £15.3m | £17.6m |
| Fixed assets | £4.9m | £4.8m | £4.9m | £5m |
| Current assets | £15.4m | £15.4m | £17.2m | £20.2m |
| Debtors | £12m | £12.3m | £11.5m | £13.7m |
| Deferred income | £967k | £723k | £331k | £320k |
| Cash from operations | −£386k | £1.1m | £3.2m | £1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 8.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £442k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.2%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲15%
- Now £17.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £4.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 146
- Deferred income
- ▼3%
- Now £320k
- Fixed assets
- ▲4%
- Now £5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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